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Publicly Available Published by De Gruyter January 1, 2009

Critical evaluation of stability constants of metal complexes of complexones for biomedical and environmental applications* (IUPAC Technical Report)

  • Giorgio Anderegg , Francoise Arnaud-Neu , Rita Delgado , Judith Felcman and Konstantin Popov

Abstract

Available experimental data on stability constants of proton (hydron) and metal complexes for seven complexones of particular biomedical and environmental interest: iminodiacetic acid [2,2'-azanediyldiacetic acid, IDA], (methylimino)diacetic acid [2,2'-(methylazanediyl)diacetic acid, MIDA]; 2,2',2'',2'''-{[(carboxymethyl)azanediyl]bis[(ethane-1,2-diyl)nitrilo]}tetraacetic acid (DTPA), 3,6,9,12-tetrakis(carboxymethyl)-3,6,9,12-tetraazatetradecanedioic acid (TTHA); 2,2',2''-(1,4,7-triazonane-1,4,7-triyl)triacetic acid (NOTA); 2,2',2'',2'''-(1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrayl)tetraacetic acid (DOTA); 2,2',2'',2'''-(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetrayl)tetraacetic acid (TETA), published in 1945-2000, have been critically evaluated. Some typical errors in stability constant measurements for particular complexones are summarized. Higher quality data are selected and presented as “Recommended” or “Provisional”.


Project Year: 2001, Project Code: 2001-055-1-500


Published Online: 2009-01-01
Published in Print: 2005-01-01

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